Example sentences of "from [adj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the personal reign of Louis XIV from 1661 onwards the post was held by a succession of distinctly able men — Lionne , Pomponne , Colbert de Croissy , Torcy — and the administrative machine which they controlled grew substantially in size and complexity . |
| 2 | During the period of Tatar domination from the thirteenth to the end of the fifteenth centuries , Russia under the Golden Horde had been the most westerly province of the great Mongol Empire founded by Genghis Khan ; but from 1582 onwards the tide was turned and the European Slavs rapidly found themselves rulers of a vast colonial domain stretching across Asia to the northern Pacific . |
| 3 | From 6 a.m. the morning was fairly quiet , except for the occasional sniping . |
| 4 | From 1923 onwards the party was to single out key categories of the rural population for education : these included ex-Red Army men , Komsomol members , and women deputies to the local Soviets . |
| 5 | From 1967 onwards the majority was outside . |